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► 副詞
成る程  [なるほど]    meaning:  OK  rank: 2
☆ あー、成る程 ⇨ Oh OK. Oh that’s what it is. Oh that figures  (☛ A phrase when you finally understood something)

► 終助詞
  [ね]  [coll]    meaning:  OK  rank: 1
☆ じゃ、またね ⇨ Then, see you again, OK?  (☛ Like “OK?”, a rhetorical question asking for an agreement)
☆ また温泉こうね ⇨ Let’s go to a spa again, OK?  (☛ Like “OK?”, a rhetorical question asking for an agreement)

► 動詞
分かる  [(2)わかる]    meaning:  OK  rank: 1
☆ A: 使わったらすぐしてさい。B: 分かりました ⇨ A: Please return it as soon as you are done. B: I understood. OK
☆ 分かった、分かった ⇨ OK, OK

► 形容詞
良い  [(1)いい]    meaning:  OK  rank: 1
☆ これべても良い? ⇨ Is it OK if I eat this?
☆ 質問しても良いですか? ⇨ Is it OK if I ask you a question?

宜しい  [(3)よろしい]  [polite]    meaning:  OK  rank: 1
☆ ちょっと御伺いしても宜しいですか? ⇨ Could I ask a quick question?  (☛ Polite when you ask for a permission)
☆ 入っても宜しいでしょうか? ⇨ Is it OK if I enter?  (☛ Polite when you ask for a permission)

宜しい  [(3)よろしい]  [junior]    meaning:  OK  rank: 3
☆ もう帰っても宜しい ⇨ You are allowed to leave now  (☛ When used to give a permission, it is pompous, condescending)

► 形容動詞
結構  [(1)けっこう]  [polite]    meaning:  OK  rank: 1
☆ もっとがりますか?いえ、もう結構です ⇨ Would you like some more? No thank you (I’ve already had enough)
☆ 自由使っいて(も)結構です ⇨ You can use it without asking me
☆ どう思ってくれても結構だ ⇨ It is OK, I don’t care, whatever you think  (☛ A sarcastic use)

大丈夫  [(3)だいじょうぶ]  [coll]    meaning:  OK  rank: 1
☆ こんなんで本当に大丈夫? ⇨ Is this really be OK? Will this really do it? Is this really enough?
☆ 心配しなくても大丈夫ですよ ⇨ It is OK if you don’t worry. You don’t have to worry

平気  [へいき]  [coll]    meaning:  OK  rank: 1
☆ うちのが三から落ちたが全然平気だった ⇨ My cat fell from the third floor but was perfectly fine
☆ 平気? ⇨ Are you OK?

平ちゃら  [(2)へいちゃら]  [coll]    meaning:  OK  rank: 3
☆ 子供はこれくらいのさはへいちゃらだ ⇨ Kids don’t mind this level of cold  (☛ Variations へいっちゃら, へっちゃら)

へっちゃら  [へっちゃら]  [coll]  [peer]    meaning:  OK  rank: 3
☆ これくらいへっちゃらだよ ⇨ This is not a big deal at all  (☛ A variation of 平ちゃら)

► 感嘆詞
よし  [(1)よし]  [coll]  [peer]  [男]    meaning:  OK  rank: 2
☆ よし、これでいいだろう ⇨ OK, this should do it
☆ よし、めよう ⇨ OK, let’s begin